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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mowat make his retreat?
(a) Canoeing down the river
(b) Swimming across the river
(c) Running full tilt down the hill
(d) Walking backwards up a slope

2. What best describes Mowat's operations order?
(a) Lucrative
(b) Secretive
(c) Specific
(d) Unspecific

3. His radio message was forwarded to whom?
(a) His pilot
(b) His bartender
(c) His professor
(d) His chief

4. What is the name of his radio call sign?
(a) Daisy Mae
(b) Bumstead
(c) Lil' Abner
(d) Blondie

5. Later on, Mowat discovers that Ootek is:
(a) A government agent
(b) A wolf hunter
(c) A seal hunter
(d) A minor shaman

6. As a child, Farley Wowat lives in which Canadian city?
(a) Centreville
(b) Middleville
(c) Wesleyville
(d) Oakville

7. Who is Kaila?
(a) Ootek's father
(b) Mike's girlfriend
(c) The God of the Sky
(d) The Eskimo name for Wolf

8. Mike's cabin is surrounded by
(a) Wolf track
(b) Wolf droppings
(c) Large stones
(d) Caribou bones

9. What, according to Mowat are the most bloodthirsty beats in the Arctic?
(a) Mosquitoes
(b) Bears
(c) Wolves
(d) Mice

10. Mike takes Mowat where?
(a) To his cabin
(b) To another valley
(c) To Churchill
(d) To his family

11. How much territory do they cover in a nightly hunt, according to Farley Mowat's estimates?
(a) Ten or twenty miles
(b) Thirty or forty miles
(c) Forty or fifty miles
(d) Twenty or thirty miles

12. How often to the wolves mark their territory?
(a) Once a day
(b) Twice a month
(c) Once a week
(d) Once a month

13. What does Mowat purchase in order to replace his grain alcohol?
(a) Rubbing alcohol
(b) Bleach
(c) Beer
(d) Formaldehyde

14. Where does Mowat finally see the wolves?
(a) Just outside the wolf den
(b) Frolicking in the river
(c) Running through a nearby valley
(d) About twenty feet behind him

15. What game does Mowat see the pups playing with Uncle Albert?
(a) King of the Hill
(b) Hide and Go Seek
(c) Tag
(d) Ring Around the Rosy

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does he put the animals?

2. Through his binoculars, Mowat sees a moving object that resembles what?

3. What does Mowat do when he hears the wolf howl?

4. Mowat planned to test his theory by:

5. Name the expense that is being debited against his salary.

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